Arboreality, terrestriality and bipedalism

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1556, 2010, Pages 3301-3314

  Crompton, Robin Huw ^a   Sellers, William I ^b   Thorpe, Susannah K S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bipedalism; Evolution; Field studies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BIOMECHANICS; BIPEDALISM; BONE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIELDWORK; HUMAN EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSTEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; ARDIPITHECUS RAMIDUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77958025745     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0035     Document Type: Review

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